problem solved ;)

Aug 14, 2014 17:04

"a Zeno Machine: a machine similar to a Turing machine except that the first instruction takes one second to compete, and each following instruction takes half of what the previous instruction took.
We could know whether a program halts or not in at most two seconds!"
(src)

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ex_juan_gan August 14 2014, 14:42:50 UTC
Won't be able to count real numbers anyway.

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dmytrish August 14 2014, 16:41:48 UTC

kodt_rsdn August 14 2014, 21:09:24 UTC
Крэй-1 через две секунды остановится и что, ещё четыре секунды будет тупить?

И что, вообще, произойдёт спустя 2 секунды - машина начнёт уничтожать информацию?

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thedeemon August 15 2014, 04:12:27 UTC
Cray-1 мог быть устроен иначе.

А что после 2 секунд - хороший вопрос, сам не знаю. :)

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sassa_nf August 18 2014, 09:01:01 UTC
поглотит всю энергию вселенной, конечно же!

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thedeemon August 18 2014, 14:30:46 UTC
Не, это будет сделано раньше - при строительстве машины с бесконечной лентой.

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109 August 14 2014, 21:31:21 UTC
actually, we won't. in 2 seconds the program will be able to run infinite number of steps, so we still won't know whether it is halted or not.

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thedeemon August 15 2014, 04:07:43 UTC
Either it comes to the end state or not, it will be evident after 2 seconds in any case.

Turing machine has one or several "final states" where it stops. We can light a bulb when it comes to one of these states. So after 2 seconds the bulb is either on or off.

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